Trichosporon asahii fungemia and COVID-19 co-infection: An emerging fungal pathogen; case report and review of the literature
<p dir="ltr">With the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, increasing concerns about invasive fungal infections have been reported particularly with the use of potent immunosuppressant medications to treat the immunological storms in patients with severe COVID-19 illnesses. Trichosporon asahi...
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| Summary: | <p dir="ltr">With the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, increasing concerns about invasive fungal infections have been reported particularly with the use of potent immunosuppressant medications to treat the immunological storms in patients with severe COVID-19 illnesses. Trichosporon asahii (T. asahii) is an emerging highly resistant pathogen with considerable mortality particularly in critically ill patients and immunocompromised individuals. We describe a case of a 58-year-old patient who developed T. asahii fungemia after using immunosuppressant agents for his severe COVID-19 related cytokines release syndrome. Pseudohyphae, arthroconidia, and lateral blastoconidia were seen in the stain, and later confirmed to be T. asahii. Voriconazole successfully treated this multi-drug-resistant fungal infection. The clinical presentation, assessment, and management are reviewed to raise awareness of the circumstances leading to coinfection with this emerging resistant yeast.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IDCases<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01244" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01244</a></p> |
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